The companies signed an agreement to develop solutions for
leak detection in fixed-water networks, they said in a statement
today.

“Gutermann’s professional experience in acoustic water
leak detection combined with NEC’s innovative cloud platform
will deliver vital business options to decision makers in water
utilities,” Lucas Grolimund, chief executive officer of
Gutermann, said in the statement.

NEC also announced today that it is conducting water
management research with Imperial College London in the U.K. to
develop technologies to improve aging water supply
infrastructures and make them more energy efficient.